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the inseription copied by hand by Mr. Forrest — but he will no doubt 

 be able to make a complete copy during the approaehing cold weather. 

 — I may mention that the letter E is not used at all in this inserip- 

 tion, L being invariably substituted as in Laja for Baja, and in dala 

 instead of clara in the ñame of Alexander. 



" I propose to send you the inscriptions by an early opportunity. — 

 One of them I enclose at once, which is the earliest that has yet 

 been found connected with Gwalior. If Eájendralal will kindly 

 undertake to transíate the inscriptions, I shall feel myself most 

 deeply indebted to him. His knowledge of the various ancient cha- 

 racters is extensive, and he will have little diñiculty in transferring 

 the inscriptions into modern Nagari. But Eájendralal has not the 

 same experience of ancient inscriptions that I have had, and I think 

 it would be worth while if he, or you, or the Secretary of the Asiatic 

 Society would send me the Nagari transcript along with the transía-, 

 tion for comparison. I ask this because I am aware of the numerous 

 mistakes in the transcript s and translations of previous inscriptions. 

 I will only refer to tliree inscriptions just now. 



" lst. — In the inseription on the Boar Statue afc Eran, James 

 Prinsep read the Eája's ñame as Tárápáni — whereas it is Toramána. 



" 2nd. — In an inseription translated by H. H. Wilson (see Thomas's 

 Prinsep's Antiquities, II. 245 note 2) the4th and 7th ñames are given 

 as Vrádipta and Siddha. They should be Pradipta and Singha, 

 There are other mistakes besides these. 



" 3rd. — In the great inseription from Kajráha in Bundelkhund, 

 translated by Sutherland, the mistakes are numerous and important, 

 See Journal Asiatic Society of Bengal, 1839. For instance — the 

 date should be Samvat 1056 instead of 1019. The inseription was 

 not re-engraved in halcuda, or 'bad' letters, but in Jcumuda, or 

 'beautiful' letters. The author of the inseription was Dhanga, 

 not Baííga, and he did not live 109 autumns (satam sanavaham) but 

 upwards of 100 autumns (satam samadliikam) . Of his ancestors 

 Vágyati and Yahila should be Vákpati and Eáhila. The latter formed 

 the lake which is now called Eáhilya Ságar to the south of Mahaba. 



" The correction of the ñame of Banga to Dhanga is of the greatest 

 valué to the history of the Chandels as it conneets the Kajráha 

 inseription genealogy, whicli ends with him, with that of the Mhow 







